Everyone and their parents have an opinion on what’s good and bad for our immune system. But we can all agree that taking ...

There are certain kinds of food that we consider "bad" for breakfast. But one particularly controversial option may help you fight diseases during the winter.

We know that an immune system that is not functioning properly is a bad thing – for example it plays an important role in HIV and Malaria. But at the other extreme, an ‘overactive’ immune ...

What's the Immune System? To be immune (say: ih-MYOON) means to be protected. So it makes sense that the body system that helps fight off sickness is called the immune system. The immune system is ...

Study reveals how immune cells in the gut distinguish between food and harmful pathogens, shedding light on the origins of ...

Max Cooper and Brantley Herrin discuss the evolution of innate and alternative adaptive immune systems for defence purposes and conclude that successful vaccines and other therapeutic ...

Whether you're stomping through the showers in your bare feet after gym class or touching the bathroom doorknob, you're being exposed to germs. Fortunately for most of us, the immune system is ...

This was also a higher reading than we got from the volunteers simply relaxing. The immune system is complex, and it’s not simply the case that increasing the white blood cell count in a person ...